Dirt jump session

LeSueur24 · Nov 3, 2008

Rider is Alex Dawson. Shot with either my 50mm 1.8 or Tamron 17-50 2.8 on my Canon Rebel. Lighting was a Canon 430EX and 430EZ triggered wirelessly. Let me know what you think!

There are more from that day on my Flickr account in my signature.

Kenny32 · Nov 3, 2008

Good stuff.

I'm going to be in a similar setting this weekend...I'm going to take pictures of my friend riding his ATV. Do you have any tips on dealing with the setting? I have an SB-800 that I should be able to use, so I think I'm going to set that up on a tree and use it remotely.

LeSueur24 · Nov 4, 2008

ATV's will most likely be moving a lot faster so if the SB-800 has a fast shutter sync then I'd try that and see how fast you can get it to sync. And instead of relying on flash all the time, I try to get the background as close to a good exposure as possible and just use the flash as fill for the subject. Good luck with it.

gsgary · Nov 4, 2008

Kenny32 said:
Good stuff.

I'm going to be in a similar setting this weekend...I'm going to take pictures of my friend riding his ATV. Do you have any tips on dealing with the setting? I have an SB-800 that I should be able to use, so I think I'm going to set that up on a tree and use it remotely.

If you want some good effects use second curtain sinc that means it fires as the shutter closes, set your shutter speed between 1/30 and 1/80 and set your flash to second curtain you may have to set the camera to second curtain also not sure with Nikon
here a shot with SC @ 1/80

Flower Child · Nov 4, 2008

the last one looks very professional. good job

gsgary · Nov 4, 2008

Good shots i like #2 and the last maybe get a little closer on the jumps

LeSueur24 · Nov 4, 2008

gsgary said:
Good shots i like #2 and the last maybe get a little closer on the jumps

Thanks for the comment, close is the opposite I was actually going for. I have plenty of close ups of the rider, now I'm practicing composition and just trying to get more of the scenery into the shot.